TY - JOUR
T1 - Problems in translating metaphors in political campaign speeches
T2 - A descriptive-analytical study
AU - Shunnaq, Susanne Ramadan
AU - Radwan, Adel Abu
AU - Shuqair, Hassan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This study examines Sultan Qaboos University senior translation students’ renditions of metaphors taken from speeches delivered as part of the 2016 US presidential election campaign. An explanatory mixed-methods approach is used to determine, firstly, students’ recognition of the metaphor as a construct; secondly, their translation of identified metaphors and the ensuing difficulties they encountered owing to linguistic, rhetorical, and/or cultural considerations; and finally the strategies they adopted to overcome these difficulties. The findings reveal that the students encountered difficulties recognising certain metaphors in the English texts (STs) and faced considerable challenges in translating them appropriately into the target language (TL), which is Arabic. The study concludes with recommendations for translation teachers and translator trainers.
AB - This study examines Sultan Qaboos University senior translation students’ renditions of metaphors taken from speeches delivered as part of the 2016 US presidential election campaign. An explanatory mixed-methods approach is used to determine, firstly, students’ recognition of the metaphor as a construct; secondly, their translation of identified metaphors and the ensuing difficulties they encountered owing to linguistic, rhetorical, and/or cultural considerations; and finally the strategies they adopted to overcome these difficulties. The findings reveal that the students encountered difficulties recognising certain metaphors in the English texts (STs) and faced considerable challenges in translating them appropriately into the target language (TL), which is Arabic. The study concludes with recommendations for translation teachers and translator trainers.
KW - English-Arabic translation
KW - Metaphor
KW - Political speech
KW - Rhetoric
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U2 - 10.4312/elope.17.2.257-278
DO - 10.4312/elope.17.2.257-278
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099579977
SN - 1581-8918
VL - 17
SP - 257
EP - 278
JO - ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries
JF - ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries
IS - 2
ER -